Combination shoveling-board and end-gate.



J. H. ANDERSON.

COMBINATION SHOVELING BARD AND END GATE".

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I6. 1916.

J. HI ANDERSON.

COMBINATION SHOVELING BOARD AND END GATE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. IG, i916.

Patente Jnn.8,1918.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

1. H. ANDERSON.

APPLICATION FILED OCT, I6, I9Ib.

COMBINATION SHOVEUNG BOARD AND END GATE.

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SHOVELING-BOARD AND END-GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. l,8, l1915.

Application filed October 16, 1916. Serial No. 125,884.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known Athat I, JOHN H. ANDERSON, a citiyeno'f .the United States, resident of St. Paul, county of Ramsey, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Shoveling- Boards and End-Gates, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention ,relates to wagon boxes and grain .tanks and the object of the 'invention is ,tojprovide an end gate which will be flax tight and one that will open at the bottom for unloading-grain on a dump.

A further object is to provide a gate which can gbe utilized as shoveling board or Aplatform for loading or unloading in and out ,of the tank'.

A further object is ,to provide an end gate adapted for use with a ,tank `having yflaring side ,walls or a Wagon box having vertical side walls.

. Other objects of theinvention will appear from the .following detailed description.

:'llhe invention consistsgenerally in .various Vconstructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of ,this specification,

Figure 1 .is a rear elevation of the end gate applied to a wagon box,

2 is a side elevation of the same, showing cthe gate in its closed position,

lfig. Bis a similar view, showing the gate open at ,thebottom lforthe discharge ofthe gral-1.15 d

Fig. y4 is a sectional view of the same, showing the discharge opening at the bottom of the gate,

Fig. '5 is a side elevation, showing the gate open to form a shoveling board,

Fig. `6 lis a sectional vview ofthe same,

Fig. -7vfis a rear elevation, partially in section, of the gate applied to the rear end of a .grain tank,

.Fig :,8 is gasideelevation of the same, showing the gate in its closed position,

,Fig 9 is ahorizontal vsectional view, taken on the line ca -w `of Fig. 7 showingthe means ,for jsecuring the gate lin position to closethe lrear yend of the tank.

Inthe drawing 2 represents the side walls of a wagon box, having the upright braces 3,1on each .side thereof anda crossfbar -4 at the bottom, provided with projecting :ends which are connected, with ythe middle Y portion cf -the braces 3 by rods 5. Ak cross bar 6 is provided at the extreme rear end of the wagon box parallel with the bar 4 and projecting preferably beyond the rear end of the box bottom 7. 8 is an end gate having cross -bars or cleats 9 secured 'thereto at intervals from the top to the bottom ofthe gate and on each side fthe gate is provided with wings 10 vwhich are mounted kto lap by the ends o f the side walls of the box and the lower ends of these wings are provided with angle bars 11. `Straps 12 are provided at each end of .the bar G and form guides for the angle bars 11. Bars 13 are pivoted at 14 on each side of the gate at a point above the middle portion thereof and the lower ends of these bars'have eyes formed therein 'to receive 'the ends 15 of bolts 1G which are mounted in the projecting ends of the cross kbars 4.and extend rearwardly thereof to a point adjacent to the bars 6. These bars form the pivotal connection of the end gate with the side walls of the box. Links Y17 are pivotally connected at y18 to the bars 13 and a bail 19 is mounted in guides 20 on the lower portion of the end gate and has offset ends pivotally connected with the outer ends of links 17. This bail 19 rhas a middle portion 22 centrally arranged to form a crank by means of which the operator can rock the b ail 4for swinging the l,lower Vend of the gate outwardly to`pro vide a grain discharge gap between it and the bottom of the box or to move the gate inwardly to close the gap against the discharge yof the grain.

An arm 23 is pivoted at 24 on one of the cross bars 9 of the gate and is adapted to swing down and engage the part 2 2 and lock the bail to prevent it from rocking in its bearings. When this arm is raised, the bail is released and may be dropped down to the osition indicated in Fig. .3 to swing the en s thereoffrom the position shown in Fig. `2 to that illustratedin Fig. 3, whereupon the gap at the rear end of the Hoor of the box willbe exposed to allow ,the discharge of the grain. Duringthis movement of the gate the wings 10 will slide back on the walls of the box and close the gap at the sides so that none ofthe grain can escape between the vertical edges and the side walls Ofthe-box.

At the topof the gate on each sidethereof I prefer to provide plates 24-having notches .therein to .receive the-.threaded ends vrof v ing said crank arms with the lower portionsk rods 26 which are pivoted at 27 in the upright braces 3 and provided on their threaded ends with nuts28- byvineansof which the door can be clamped in its closed position. Zhen these nuts are loosened, the rods 26 may be raised and the door released and may then be folded down to the substantially horizontal or shoveliiig position, as shown in Fig. 5, being supported by links 29 and 30 connected with one another and to the plates 24 and the braces 3. When the gate is turned down to this position, it forms a shoveling boaid and is substantially a continuation of the 'lioor of the'box, the lower edge of the gate turning on the projecting portion of the cross bar 6 and the bolts 16 springing sufficiently to allow for this turning movement. When the end gate is closed, the links 29 and 30 will fold to the position shown in Fig. 2.

ln Figs. 7 8 and 9 the invention is shown applied to a grain tank having flaring walls 31 and upright parallel posts 32 at the rear end of the flaring walls whereon the end gate is mounted. This construction adapts the gate for-use with either the wagon boX with straight side walls or the grain tank with flaring Walls. Plates are providedv at the upper'end of the gate corresponding to those previously described and bolts 33 are pivoted in the posts 32 and iit into notches in the plates and are provided with' a securing means corresponding to that described with reference to Fig. 2. In other respects the construction is substantially the same as previously described and the operation of the gate corresponds whenused withy a grain tank to its use with a wagon box having the straight side walls.

I claim as myinvention: v

1. The combination, with a receptacle having side walls and a floor and an open rear end, of' a gate mounted to 'close said open rear end,'bars pivotally connected with the upper portion oi' said gate and depending therefrom and having their lower ends pivotally connected with said receptacle, a bail mounted to rock on thelower portion of said gate and'having crank arms Jformed on the ends thereof, links pivotally connect of said bars, means for temporarily locking the upper end of said gate againstv outward movement, the oscillation of said bail drawing the lower end of said gate voutwardly to -form a gap between it and said floor.

2. The combination, with a receptacle having side walls, a floor and lan. open rear end, of agate mounted to close said open end, bars pivotally connected with the upper portion of said gate, rods mounted' at one end in said receptacle and projectingI rearwardly therefrom andv having a pivotal connection with the lower portion of said bars, a cross bar whereon the lower.r

end of said gate is seated and on which said end is mounted to turn when, said gate is swung outwardly on its pivotal connection with said rods andY said rods flexing upwardly to permit suchV turning movement,

said gate, when swung down to a substantially horizontal position, forming a'shoveling board, and means for supporting it in such position.

3. The combination, with a receptacle havcrank armsA formed thereon, means pivotally 8U connecting said crank arms-with said receptacle and also having a pivotal connection with -said gate for drawing the lower portion of said gate outwardly to expose a gap between it and the floor of said receptacle when said bail is rocked, and means for securing the upper. end of said gate during such movement. Y 4

4L. The combination, with a receptacle having side walls, a ioor and an open rear end, .90

of a gate mounted to close said open rear end, bars pivotally connected at their upper ends to said gate and at their lower ends having arpivotal connection with said receptacle, and means mounted on the lower portion of said gate and having a pivotal connection with the lower portion of said bars for drawing the lower portion of lsaid gate outwardly to expose a gap between it and the Hoor of said receptacle, and means for temporarily securing the upper end said gate during such movement. y Y

5. The combination, with a receptacle hav, ing side walls, a floor and an open rear end,

of a gate mounted to close said 'open rear l105 end, bars pivotally connected at one end to said gate and at their opposite ends'to saidl receptacle and means having a pivotal connection with the lower portion of said bars 3 the lower portion of said gate for swinging outwardly or a predetermined distance to expose gap between its lower end and the iioor of said receptacle, and means for temporarily securing the upper end of said gate during such movement.

6. The combination, with av wagonv box having side walls, a floorvand an open rear end, of an endgate mountedjto close said open end and having an outward swinging `movement ,'a bail mounted'transversely on 120 the lower portion of saidgate "extendingv from side to side thereof and having crank arms at its ends and pivotal connections between said crank arms and said gateand said looX, whereby when said bail isl rocked,

the lowerportion of said gate will be moved outwardly to expose a gap between it and the bottom of said boX or inwardly to close such gap.

7. lThe combination, with a wagon box, of

an end gate mounted to close the rear end of the boX and having an outward swinging movement, a bail mounted on the lower portion of said gate and having Crank arms thereon, and means having its lower portion pivotally connected with said box and with said Crank arms and its upper portion pivotally connected with the upper part of said gate.

8. The combination, with a receptacle having side walls, a floor and an open rear end, of a gate mounted to close said rear end, bars pivoted to the upper portion of said gate and having a pivotal connection adjacent the lower end of said gate with said receptacle, means having a pivotal connection with the lower portion of said bars for swinging the lower end of said gate outwardly for a predetermined distance to provide a gap between it and the floor of said receptacle, means for temporarily securing the upper end of saidgate, links for supporting said gate when it is swung outwardly to an open position, the pivotal connection of said bars with said receptacle forming hinges on which said gate turns downwardly to its open position.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 3rd day of October, 1916.

JOHN H. ANDERSON.

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